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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">November 17, 2023 </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>Why We Are Writing to You </b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Effective October 30, 2023, the Office of the President (OP) issued the
<i>Employee-Initiated Reduction in Time (ERIT) Program </i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">and
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>ERIT Contract.</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> UCR uses ERIT a</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">s
a flexible work resource</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> for</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> eligible employees and
departments</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black; background-color: white;">.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>What You Need to Know </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Eligible career staff (except Senior Management Group members) can request the department head’s approval to voluntarily reduce their current appointment percentage and
corresponding pay, within specific limits, for certain specified advantages, such as accrual of vacation and sick leave at the employees’ pre-ERIT rates. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">The revisions to this program are as follows: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Changed the 36-month lifetime ERIT contract maximum to 36 months per contract. Locations may choose to renew an ERIT contract if operational needs require, beginning a
new 36-month maximum period. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Made clarifying edits/updates to terms and definitions in the Health and Welfare benefits, UC Retirement and Compliance language. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(66, 66, 66);">Consolidation of Program, Procedures and FAQs into one program document. </span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);"><b>What You Need to Do</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Review the following documents: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/document/erit-program-2023-final" id="OWAd2801bf8-4abe-3eb0-95f3-fdaf088234d4" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly">ERIT 2023 Program
Policy</a> </span></li><li style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 12.1pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://hr.ucr.edu/document/employee-reduction-time-2023-contract-clean-final" id="OWA1322e714-03df-a311-c97e-f41c62c98d4a" class="OWAAutoLink">ERIT 2023 Contract</a> </span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For a program overview and FAQs, please visit the
<a href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/working-at-uc/work-life-wellness/erit/index.html" id="OWAad0440cc-7e94-be8e-c3a8-e943697e8bd4" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
UCnet ERIT Program website</a>. </span></p>
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